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"The sleeper has awakened" it feels like. The benevolent dictator which is the FCC is finally making some progress. I fear the FCC will start reversing this p

• Hilift 2y ago
  A voice/wireless provider can abuse a lot of things and get away with it now. Even if it is an obvious problem, the FCC doesn't do anything about specific complaints unless you hire an attorney to file a formal complaint. All of the wireless providers that sell cheap wireless can terminate your account and say they don't know you and there's nothing you can do. Actual telecoms that have skin in the game (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, etc) can't do that due to there is usually a state/local regulator that can intervene.
  • technothrasher 2y ago
    > there is usually a state/local regulator that can intervene. I was pretty shocked that when I complained to my state regulator about Verizon completely ignoring an issue with my business lines, I quickly got a call from a VP at Verizon grovelling and asking me what he could do for me. I said I needed my issue fixed, and then made what I thought was a crazy unrelated request- I wanted FIOS run all the way down the street to my business, and I'd been told previously that Verizon had no plans to expand FIOS in my area. Well, they fixed my issue within an hour, and within two weeks, they rolled trucks, ran the fiber down the street, and we had FIOS service up and running. They were obviously good and afraid of the state regulator.
    • sitkack 2y ago
      I think I need whatever problem you had. Would it be easy to repro?
• gosub100 2y ago
  If this leader is the good guy, why did it take them 4 years to do anything? That's a poor measure of progress. The best thing they could do is make it impossible to spoof numbers or at least be able to reject them. Even then, you should be able to block anyone calling from a number that you cannot call back.
  • dpifke 2y ago
    Not only that, but the companies being disconnected have been ignoring the FCC since February. They were given a new deadline in April that they also ignored. Why did it take an additional seven months to start the process of cutting them off?!
    • Dalewyn 2y ago
      Probably because the incoming administration actually has credible possibility of firing public servants who just steal and waste tax dollars. For once in the modern(?) history of the Republican party, the incoming administration is hellbent on pursuing one of the party's core values: Small government. You bet public servants who want to keep enjoying the nectar will frantically try to make themselves look useful.
      • RajT88 2y ago
        Listen - without fail, the folks who want to make huge budget cuts because of the face value of certain programs, do not understand what those programs actually do and how the budgets add up. Government waste exists, but not in the quantities that detractors claim it does. Bookmark this comment, and check on how you feel about everything in 4 years. "Small government" is dumb for any highly developed country, and the people that want that are about to find out this harsh reality. The very wealthy and big corporations probably benefit - for a while - until things start happening like CEO's being assassinated in the street. Good thing stuff like that is not happening.
        • Dalewyn 2y ago
• pavon 2y ago
  Probably not. Combatting unsolicited calls has always had broad bipartisan support. The law that this action is based on was passed in 2019 during Trump's first term, and the regulations in 2020 by a Republican controlled FCC.
  • warkdarrior 2y ago
    "Unsolicited calls" are a free-speech issue. Restricting or banning them clearly infringes on the rights of all entrepreneurs.
    • 93po 2y ago
      ah yes, because nothing screams ‘free speech’ like interrupting dinner with a pitch for extended car warranties. truly the hill to die on for entrepreneurial rights. i say this jokingly but also with some truth